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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5323369" data-attributes="member: 92511">gods: redux(spurred on by a response I made to another thread earlier today that had me looking up gods.) Here's a cliff notes for the currently worshipped pantheon of Orea.Gods of Good:Arinane: elder goddess of night and the greater moon, stars, astonomy and navigation. "The Bright Lady."Astar: god of good, light, just and benevolent rule. "The Celestial Sovereign."Celradorn: god of battleskill and guardianship. "The Golden Defender."Gilea: goddess of healing, fortitude and motherhood. "The Merciful Mother." Physha of the Flaming Hair: demi-goddess of purity. Sainted Daughter of Gilea, "The Whitethorn."Sylari: goddess of nature, weather, the harvest.Syar: lesser god of animals and forests.Than: demi-god of strength and courage, patron of heroes. A son of Celradorn by a mortal woman.Tyris: goddess of seas, rivers and storms (coastal).Gods of Neutrality:Bentier: lesser goddess of justice and law.Bysdan: lesser god of music, luck and autumn, patron of bards. "Minstrel of the Gods."Desri: elder goddess of death, fate, prophecy, keeper of souls. "The Grey Lady."Dunric: god of mountains, metallurgy, smiths and craftsmen of all types. "Smith of the Gods."Irion: god of the sun, change and travel. "The Crusader."Jasralne: lesser goddess of love, dance and spring.Manat: goddess of magic.Sorilorr: elder god of knowledge, inspiration, the mind, the lesser moon, patron of scribes, sages and psionics. "The All Knowing."Gods of Evil:Cyris: god of lies and shadows, patron of evil thieves and assassins.Djarthoon: lesser goddess of temptation and corruption, patron of the Shi'Daeiri elves. "The Mother of Monsters."Do'am: god of domination, power and rule by force. "The Dark Helm."Endore: goddess of disease and the undead. "The Plague Mistress."Goran: god of pain and bloodlust.Karos: elder god of fire and demons. "The Chaosbringer."Wyzlia: lesser goddess of despair, hopelessness and winter. Gods of Elves:ShiStaliiri  elves do not have clerics, owing their creation to the Elder god Antas,  no longer accessible in Orea. Reverence is paid to all divinities of good and neutrality, including  the Elder gods, but no organized religion/ritual is practiced. Kantiiri elves have shamanic healers they do not worship a pantheon of gods. ShiCynalla  elves can worship any of the current pantheon but generally do not do  so, finding organized religion a little too restricting for their  tastes. The Powers worshiped by the Miralostae are: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> [*]Arathriel (an aspect of Jasralne) –lesser goddess of love and beauty [*]Arinane –goddess of the greater moon and sky, the mother of all (their primary deity) [*]Daerillan (an aspect of Manat) – goddess of magic [*]Djarthoon –goddess of evil and demons, goddess of the ShiDaeiri [*]Rinallion (an aspect of Bysdan) - lesser god of music and art [*]Sorilorr –god of all knowledge and history, the lesser moon. [*]Syar –god of forests and animals, defender of the wood [*]Sylari -goddess of the nurturing aspects of nature, new growth [*]Tyris –goddess of water and the sea, goddess of the Karolostae</li> </ul>Gods of DwarvesRespect is still paid (and a powerless cult survives) to the elder god Oor who created the first dwarves. Cults also exist to the Elemental Prince of Earth, but their mainstream religions/view include the following deities:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> [*]Duor (aspect of Dunric) –The Great Anvil, god of stone, metals, mountains [*]Feoron (aspect of Celradorn) –The Great Axe, god of battle, valor, honor [*]Karok (aspect of Karos) –The Great Darkness, god of evil, greed, deceit [*]Toralon Kor (aspect of Astar) –The Great Hammer, the forger of all, primary deity of the dwarves. [*]Valeran (aspect of Gilea) – The Great Fire, goddess of healing, home, and hearth</li> </ul>Gods of Gnomes<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> [*]Gniannthil Warmhearth (aspect of Gilea)– lesser goddess of hearth and home, family, nurturing power of nature and creatures of the land. an Earth mother figure. [*]Gnibriam Quickwits (aspect of Bysdan)–lesser god, a trickster/rogue/wanderer. [*]Gnorillanthlus Rootlord (aspect of Dunric)–god of gems, mining, woodworking, crafts of all kinds and magic, the Golden Maker. (primary deity) [*]Gnorx (aspect of Karos) –god of evil</li> </ul>Gods of HalflingsWhile there is a "halfling pantheon" the only established "temple" with spell casting clerics is is the temple of Faerantha (though an outsider would find it difficult to tell a temple of Faerantha from any other cozy halfling dwelling.) The pantheon is worshiped as one, as a whole family in the same "house." The other deities are revered and sacrifices or prayers offered in adjoining shrines or individual family alters at home. An offering place on a mantle or small table in a side alcove with a likeness of Gaela, for example, can be found in almost any halfling abode.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Faerantha (an aspect of Sylari) -goddess of life, nature and weather, a "mother nature" figure. Their primary deity.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bysdanion (an aspect of Bysdan) -demi-god of luck, stealth, rogues and hidden ways, a rogue/adventurer figure similar to the gnomish Gnibriam.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Vathura (an aspect of Jasralne) - lesser goddess of love, romance and beauty.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Debrin the Green Knight (an aspect of Syar) -demi-god of battle, defense and honor, defender of the Dale, champion of Faerantha.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gaela (an aspect of Gilea) -goddess of the home, hearth, cooking and family.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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